Brian A. Davis is an educator, blogger, small business owner, and manager of four private stock portfolios. Brian believes that sites like Seeking Alpha are important. Unlike network news, S.A. is a haven for non-institutional analysis and non-market spin. Brian is currently working on a book entitled: Kids and Money:Teaching Financial Responsibility to Children in an Age of Excess. While Brian is an optimist who believes the best days of the U.S. are ahead of it, he believes the trends over the next five to eight years will be more turbulent.
Visit his blog: www.usmegatrends.blogspot.com

Brian A. Davis is an educator, blogger, small business owner, and manager of four private stock portfolios. Brian believes that sites like Seeking Alpha are important. Unlike network news, S.A. is a haven for non-institutional analysis and non-market spin. Brian is currently working on a book entitled: Kids and Money:Teaching Financial Responsibility to Children in an Age of Excess. While Brian is an optimist who believes the best days of the U.S. are ahead of it, he believes the trends over the next five to eight years will be more turbulent.
Visit his blog: www.usmegatrends.blogspot.com

For short-term ideas about big movers, follow my StockTalks. But please note I am not the best short term stock picker. I am 7-0-1 in the long term, but 0-3 in the short term.

Recommended authors:

Micheal Filloon (oil shale/short term and long term)

Brad Thomas (REIT short and long term)

Taylor Dart (mainly gold short and long term also swing/trend trader)

Ian Bezek (long term trader and new ideas)

Over the last 12 years, I am 7-4-1. I was up 130%, 29%, 15%, 3%, 19%, 25%, 56% from 2001-2007 respectively, and down 39%, 39%, 79% from 2008-2010 respectively. In 2011, I was flat, but some ill-timed trades (should have held AG) caused a loss of 17% and 14% in 2012 and 2013. Note: gains and losses include transaction costs. 2009 and 2010, I traded frequently, adding up transaction costs. That is why I favor long term holding over short term trading.

I invest in all stocks. I don't agree that US stocks are the safest. Want a safe stock, try TEVA. It did not fall much, or at all, during the credit crisis. And generics are the future.

Being a chemistry graduate, I tend to focus of the drug, medical, biotech, and chemical industries. So far, I wrote about 5 medical companies (RPC, OREX, KV.A, PLX, & XOMA). OREX and KV.A were right on target, though KV.A has fallen back hard after reaching their highs, which surprised me. PLX was half right: it did get a negative letter from the FDA, but the options strategy was wrong. For RPC, so far, I have been wrong, and exited my position in mid-May. XOMA also has fallen since I wrote about it.

However, I also cover diverse stocks, from BIDU to NCT. Ignoring other industries is a big mistake. I look for stocks I find undervalued on both a value perspective and a growth perspective, but placing more emphasis on growth. I combine both fundamental and technical analysis. The fundamentals only tell you part of the story.

Anybody can make money. Don't let Wall Street analysts manipulate you. Their analysis is good, but don't take everything they say. Good luck investing, and I will do everything I can to make you money.

Oh, and I invest in rather risky stocks with high potentials. If you are nearing retirement, I don't recommend you copy my portfolio. I will label my stocks with the risk/reward factor. I am adding a watch list with some stocks for retirement investors that I like. All watch list stocks are long term holdings.

Current holdings:

TWMJF (medium risk/high reward)

GBTC (medium risk/high reward)

BTCS (high risk/high reward)

BTSC (high risk/high reward)

MCOA (high risk/high reward)

MGTI (high risk/very high reward)

HVBTF (high risk/very high reward)

XXII (high risk/very high reward)RGSE (very very high risk/high/if any reward)

I am a former research chemist by trade and an Austrian Economist by study and a market analyst by choice. For the past four years I have been a Senior Financial Editor with Newsmax Media publishing my thoughts on where markets, central banks, gold and geopolitics meet and explode.

I am now the publisher of Gold, Goats n' Guns, a monthly newsletter offered through Patreon.

I have been an investor and market analyst for more seventeen years and am an astute observer in changes within the culture and the political landscape.

Charles (Chuck) C. Carnevale is the creator of F.A.S.T. Graphs™. Chuck is also co-founder of an investment management firm. He has been working in the securities industry since 1970: he has been a partner with a private NYSE member firm, the President of a NASD firm, Vice President and Regional Marketing Director for a major AMEX listed company, and an Associate Vice President and Investment Consulting Services Coordinator for a major NYSE member firm. Prior to forming his own investment firm, he was a partner in a 30-year-old established registered investment advisory in Tampa, Florida. Chuck holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Tampa. Chuck is a sought-after public speaker who is very passionate about spreading the critical message of prudence in money management. Chuck is a Veteran of the Vietnam War and was awarded both the Bronze Star and the Vietnam Honor Medal.

Brian A. Davis is an educator, blogger, small business owner, and manager of four private stock portfolios. Brian believes that sites like Seeking Alpha are important. Unlike network news, S.A. is a haven for non-institutional analysis and non-market spin. Brian is currently working on a book entitled: Kids and Money:Teaching Financial Responsibility to Children in an Age of Excess. While Brian is an optimist who believes the best days of the U.S. are ahead of it, he believes the trends over the next five to eight years will be more turbulent.

Edward is a macro economist, who specializes in growth and productivity theory, demographic processes and their impact on macro performance, and the underlying dynamics of migration flows. Edward is based in Barcelona, and is currently engaged in research into the impact of aging, longevity, fertility and migration on economic growth. He is also working on a book which has the working title: Population, The Ultimate Non-renewable Resource? He is a regular contributor to a number of economics weblogs, including India Economy Blog, A Fistful of Euros, Global Economy Matters and Demography Matters. He was, in fact, a founding member of all these weblogs. Edward follows in detail the Indian, Italian, Spanish, German and Japanese economies. He also has a more than a passing interest in the economies of Turkey and Brazil and in the emerging economies of Eastern Europe. Visit Edward's sites: